(0446) Not a lot to report. Dark still, in ok condition here, starting the rounds. Surfeit of films, dearth of poltics so far, thank goodness. (0735)

 

5. Consequences

(Also at OoL, at Jstack and on X.)

First off … in 1984/5, Yuri Bezmenov, Soviet defector, gave an interview on “demoralisation” of a society, the word used in a broad sense, from loss of moral compass to a feeling of helplessness down the track.

He said that producing such a result in a society was the result of long planning and it crosses generations, to the point that once the disease gets into families, schools, media, entertainment, the judiciary, medicine … there’s no coming back.

He added that people reach a point, esp. on the Left, where they can be presented with “authentic information” and those people are then unable to reason, to draw valid conclusions, to see that their behaviour has consequences.

Contrived, handed down non-reality, disguised as wisdom, or in other words … narrative … replaces real reasoning, mental health plummets and behaviour involves deep depression at core level, interspersed with lashing out.

One consequence for this girl below was set in motion long before the actual incident.  For a start, what on earth was she even doing on her own?  Part of the answer appears further down here.  She simply had not adjusted to new societal realities. Just as with Iryna on that subway train. No concept of danger whatever.  But much “independent, strong woman” about it … cue disaster in 2025/6.

Or this:

Or this:

Or this:

Consequences.  One who did understand it played for the other side … he was referring to love/hooking up but it applies just as much to societal changes overall imho.

4. At Lord Toby’s TDS today

3. Steve at 1331

• Iranian-Backed Houthis Poised to Join War Against US and Israel as Early as Monday
• Iran Threatens to Wipe Out Middle East Water Supply Including Desalination Plants After President Trump Issues Brutal 48-Hour Ultimatum
• Trump Installs Columbus Statue at White House, Restoring Monument Destroyed in 2020 Riots
• Budapest’s Spring Of Discontent: Foreign Powers Align To Topple Hungary’s Leader
• American B-52 Bombers Are Now Dropping Heavy Bombs On Targets In Iran
• Before Rotherham, Birmingham Already Knew (essential reading)
• French Election: Socialists Secure Paris, LePen’s Populists Make Historic Local Gains
• Much more.

2. Quite like this lady

… but she can’t face harsh truths as diggers, ferreters and castigators can … and even we have things we can’t face either. Still, she seems Everywoman to me in a non-offensive way:

She’s Reform, as many others who saw hope are, struggles to handle Rupert’s “agricultural” manner, hometruths, wants everything back nicely nice, as it was. Not just you, sister, but it’s not going to do it by itself.

1. DAD at 1331

a) The death of Lionel Jospin brings back into focus the career and personal life of this former Prime Minister, a major figure on the French left between 1997 and 2002. Discreet about his private life, he divided his time between Paris and the Île de Ré

b) ‘Free Tina!’: Trump calls to release imprisoned county clerk convicted in 2020 election case.

c) AfD cracks Western Germany, doubles support in Rhineland-Palatinate Election.

d) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni conceded defeat Monday in a referendum on judicial reform but said she would not resign.

(JH: I’d be interested to know what exactly Italians rejected.)